Pan, pot, or lid lifter.



Patented Aug. I, I899.

No. 629,98l.

J. A. V. BRARN. PAN, POT, 0R LID LIFTER.

(Application filed Apr. 24, 1899.)

(N0 Mmiei.)

the eyes during the closing movement of the handle members and the sides of the latter are compelled to draw together.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A device of the class described, comprising opposite handle members provided with gripping-jaws,and pivoted or hinged together, each member being formed from a single length of wire bent intermediate of its ends into substantially U shape, one of the members having its free ends bent into hookshaped jaws, the bends thereof being at one side ofthe plane of the handle member and the bills of the hooks extending across the end of the member, and transversely-disposed eyes formed by twisting the sides of the member into coils located at the vertexes of the angles formed between the hooked jaws and the adjacent sides of the member, the other handle member having its sides bent outwardly forming bearing-arms located near the free ends of the sides, and the extremities of the latter bent into straight gripping-jaws located entirely at one side of the handle member, and the bearing-arms of one member being pivotally received within the eyes or coils of the other member, substantially as shown and described.

2. Adevice of the class described, comprising opposite handle members provided with gripping-jaws and pivoted or hinged together, each member being formed from a single length of wire bentinto substantially U shape, one of the members havingits sides bent outwardly to provide opposite bearing-arms, and then deflected to form gripping-jaws, the other member having its free ends bent into jaws, and its sides twisted into transverselydisposed coils, located between the opposite sides, and inclined inwardly and upwardly, the bearing-arms of the former member being pivotally received within the respective coils, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. V. BRANN.

WVitnesses:

0. W. BINFORD, RIAs DACUS. 

